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“Social media is great for collective sharing, but not always so great for collective building. Good for collective destruction, but maybe not so good for collective construction.”
― Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
― Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
“Most of us generate more planet-warming emissions from eating than we do from driving or flying. Food production now accounts for about a fifth of total greenhouse gas emissions annually, which means that agriculture contributes more than any other sector, including energy and transportation, to climate change.”
― The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
― The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
“today, our social media experiences are designed in a way that favors broadcasting over engagements, posts over discussions, shallow comments over deep conversations.”
― Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
― Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
“Fiction isn’t bad. It is vital. Without commonly accepted stories about things like money, states or corporations, no complex human society can function.”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
“If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
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